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For your 20s and beyond

The 3 most important life skills that will help us now and for the rest of our life:

  1. The courage to know what we don’t know.
  2. The courage to accept the truth the way it is.
  3. The courage to take risks.

There’s no expiry on these skills.
Rather, they work on the principle of compounding. 

The more we put the right skills to use, the more they will grow. So will we. :)

 

Are we managers or leaders?

There is something appealing about being called a manager.
We have more control, more decision-making power, more responsibility.
And we seek this influence.

We seek a bigger team to manage, a bigger area to control, a bigger span of influence.
But do we ever seek more accountability?

Accountability for a bigger goal!
Accountability for a larger purpose!
Accountability for the development of the team!

Managers seek more responsibility. Leaders seek more accountability.

Who would I hire?

When I am hiring people, these are the qualities I look for in candidates:

  1. Curiosity – Curious ones don’t start with solving the problem. They start with asking the right questions. And the questions solve the problems.

  2. Do they set up others for success?
    Do they share or hide?
    Do they take credit or share credit?
    Do they pick up high visibility tasks or are comfortable being behind the scenes?
    Do they work for their success in a way that sets others up for success as well?

  3. Do they need a follow-up?
    The sheer amount of time wasted collectively in following up is crazy!
    And if someone works in a way where they stick to their commitments or proactively update when the commitments are not being met, they are gold!

  4. Are they different from me?
    We all are drawn towards people who are like us. But, we perform at our best when we allow ourselves to evolve.  And that happens when we spend time with people who are nothing like us.

The best things in life

The best thing we can do to improve our health – Cut out refined sugar and soda.

The best thing we can do to improve our wealth – Stop buying things we don’t need.

The best thing we can do to improve your sleep – Stop staring at the phone right up until bed.

The best thing we can do to improve our relationships – Be someone we’d want to be around.

The best thing we can do to improve our mind – Meditate.

Each of these requires us to alter our life, our mindset, our habits.
Not easy. But necessary!

You’ve changed

If you often find people around you saying, “You’ve changed!”
“You were not like this”
“You are not the same anymore!”

And if you are confused – Should you change? Should you not?
You think people will dislike you. People will leave if you aren’t who they want you to be anymore!

Here is the truth.
We all change. We just don’t realize it.
But it’s the realization of the conscious change that sets us apart.

When people say you’ve changed, they never about how you’ve changed.
It’s about how they couldn’t.

5 lessons learnt on Content creation

  1. Consistency + Authenticity is the magic formula to crack the content game.
  2. Ideas are all around you. Don’t put pressure on yourself for creating original ideas. Instead, share your take on existing ideas.
  3. If you are not having fun while creating content, people will see through it.
  4. Do not assume on behalf of your audience.
    Share and then listen.
    Listen intently.
  5. Don’t pretend to be someone else.
    Be yourself and then ask, who all does this persona appeal to?

Who is stopping the new you?

We always have new ideas.
Ideas that we are excited about. Ideas that can bring about change.

The problem is never a lack of new ideas.
The problem isn’t the intent either.
The problem is that these new ideas end up clashing with the old ones.

Guess who wins?
The old ideas.

The old ideas of the world and that of ourselves, do not let us change.
And we think, it’s a lack of motivation. It’s a lack of hard work.
We put all our energy into changing ourselves, when letting go of the older version, of older ideas was all that was needed.

It’s very easy to become a new person. What’s hard is to destroy the old one.

 

The honest choice

Luck has a wonderful design to happen to those who show up consistently.
Even when they were not supposed to.
Even when it was okay to cut corners.
Even when no one was watching.

When we sign up for the journey, the outcome is bound to come.
Being honest with the journey,  just makes it a desirable one.

The pro is the amateur who simply chose to show up – EVERY DAY!

How can I help you?

Whenever we step into a conversation with someone, it’s essential to be prepared with the answer to the question – How can I help?
It would be unfortunate if we have the attention, yet we don’t know what to ask for!

The truth is, people are always ready to help.
But very few are able to figure out how!
If we need their help, the least we can do is offer them clarity on how is that they can help us.

People will help us only when we have helped them understand how they can.

Everything might not be the answer!

If we do not know what do we truly want in life right now, the next best thing that we might look for is –
Everything!

Don’t know what we truly want from the job right now? We would want everything!
Work-life balance, learning, great boss, high pay, recognition, offsite, smart colleagues, respect, bean bags, TT, free lunch – everything!

Don’t know what we truly want from life right now? We would want everything!
Stability and excitement. Predictability and unpredictability. Hustle and peace. Sleep and Netflix. 

“What is it that I want the most from life right now?”
It is an easy question to ask, not a simple question to answer.
But once answered, the awareness can dictate the direction of our lives in meaningful ways!

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